Its more than that. It is basically culture issues. One of classic examples we deafies have what is called DST (Deaf Standard Time). Arrive late, leave late at parties, gathering etc. Can you deal with long byes? Believe it or not, it is part of deaf that generally would take an hour or longer to say good byes! For example, I would say, hey, I better get going, take care bye then subject changes, then few minutes later, I said sheesh I gotta to go, but again I stay longer and longer and longer couple hours later I finally left! That is natural for deafies to do that. On other hand, once a hearing person say good bye, they ZOOM out of place and got lost in no time. In fact, most hearing people hate long goodbyes. So, ask yourself, can you handle that? I have known many hearing people get fumed over this.
Anyway, that is one small example, there is much more to that.
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Originally Posted by sbeards19
I agree with you on that .... but how exactly do I get involved in deaf world? I think that things would go ok b/c there are more ways of communicating than speaking... body language...sign language...lip reading.....and for the fact that he i unable to hear if i say I love you *** when the time comes *** there are more ways to show it like hugging, kissing, holding hands. But I do understand what you mean. How can I learn sign language... He has said he would show me but I want to learn some before hand .... you know? Just I know I shouldnt jump into a relationship with him ... but I wont let someone sweet like him be passed up b/c it is hard for me to find a bf and I have finally found a great guy regardless if he can hear or not.
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